Security update for gpg2

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2026:0214-1
Release Date:	2026-01-22T12:10:07Z
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#1255715 bsc#1256244 bsc#1256246 bsc#1256390
Cross-References:	CVE-2025-68973
CVSS scores:	CVE-2025-68973 ( SUSE ): 8.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N CVE-2025-68973 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N CVE-2025-68973 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:	openSUSE Leap 15.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability and has three security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for gpg2 fixes the following issues:

• CVE-2025-68973: Fix possible memory corruption in the armor parser (gpg.fail/memcpy)(bsc#1255715).
• Avoid potential downgrade to SHA1 in 3rd party key signatures (gpg.fail/sha1) (bsc#1256246).
• Error out on unverified output for non-detached signatures (gpg.fail/detached) (bsc#1256244).
• Fix Cleartext Signature Forgery in the NotDashEscaped header implementation in GnuPG (gpg.fail/notdash) (bsc#1256390).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2026-214=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2026-214=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2026-214=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2026-214=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-214=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2026-214=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-214=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-214=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-214=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP4-2026-214=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP5-2026-214=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2026-214=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2026-214=1
• openSUSE Leap 15.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-214=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-214=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-214=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • gpg2-debugsource-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-debuginfo-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • gpg2-debugsource-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-debuginfo-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • gpg2-debugsource-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-debuginfo-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • dirmngr-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-debuginfo-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-debugsource-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • dirmngr-debuginfo-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (noarch)
  • gpg2-lang-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • dirmngr-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-debuginfo-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-debugsource-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • dirmngr-debuginfo-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (noarch)
  • gpg2-lang-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • dirmngr-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-debuginfo-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-debugsource-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • dirmngr-debuginfo-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 (noarch)
  • gpg2-lang-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • dirmngr-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-debuginfo-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-debugsource-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • dirmngr-debuginfo-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 (noarch)
  • gpg2-lang-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • dirmngr-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-debuginfo-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-debugsource-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • dirmngr-debuginfo-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS (noarch)
  • gpg2-lang-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • dirmngr-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-debuginfo-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-debugsource-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • dirmngr-debuginfo-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS (noarch)
  • gpg2-lang-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • dirmngr-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-debuginfo-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-debugsource-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • dirmngr-debuginfo-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (noarch)
  • gpg2-lang-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • dirmngr-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-debuginfo-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-debugsource-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • dirmngr-debuginfo-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 (noarch)
  • gpg2-lang-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • gpg2-debugsource-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-debuginfo-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • gpg2-debugsource-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-debuginfo-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
  • dirmngr-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-debuginfo-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-debugsource-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • dirmngr-debuginfo-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.3 (noarch)
  • gpg2-lang-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • gpg2-debugsource-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-debuginfo-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • gpg2-debugsource-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1
  • gpg2-debuginfo-2.2.27-150300.3.16.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68973.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255715
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256244
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256246
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256390